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destructive part of creative destruction is a social cost and therefore biases our estimate of the impact of the innovation on NNP …
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The object of this paper is to discuss on-line intermediation from the perspective of two-sided markets. It builds a simple model of the intermediation activity when trading partners are involved in a commercial relationship and uses it to illustrate some of the results that emerge in the...
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We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub … firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs’ types. Network membership is observable, which … allows lenders to offer different interest rates to network and stand-alone entrepreneurs. We show that a network outcome can …
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We study the link between public enforcement of property rights, innovation investments, and economic growth in an …
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through the network interaction between project developer and turbine manufacturer—on technological change, measured as …
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discuss what standards are, how the process of standardization works, and how standards are related to induced innovation and … contribution to positive network externalities, and the extent to which they are substitutes or complements to environmental policy … instruments. Finally we discuss how governments might contribute to eco-innovation by selecting, stimulating or creating (inter …
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The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the...
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The degree of endemic volatility in the number of firms and establishments varies considerably across industries. Examining the within-industry range of variation (max.-min.) of the number of firms over our sample period, the low and high values across U.S. manufacturing industries are 4 and...
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We construct a two sector general equilibrium model in which one sector produces a homogeneous good and the other sector produces a vertically differentiated good. We demonstrate that uniform (across sectors) and (Hicks) neutral technological change can cause an increase in the skill premium.
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and on technological innovation. The extended regime in which cooperation takes place on both dimensions (GHG emissions … technological innovation and diffusion (without targets on emissions). …
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